Cane-umbrella.



No. 684,2l9. Patnted Oct. 8, l90l.

. G. A. GEIGER.

CANE UMBBELLA.

(Application led Aug. 23, 1900.)

(No Model.)

Ili mw UNITED' STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GRACE A. GEIGER, OF NEV YORK, N. Y.

CAN E-UMBRELLA.

SPECEFIGATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 684,219, dated October8, 1901.

Application filed August 23, 1900. Serial No. 27,813. (No model.)

To @ZZ wir/0711, t may concern:

Beit known that I, GRACE A. GEIGER, a citizen of the United States, anda resident of the city of New York, borough of Brooklyn, in the countyof Kings and State of New York, have invented a new and ImpovedUmbrella-Oase, of 4which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription.

This invention relates to a case for covering umbrellas when closed; andthe object is to provide means for securing the usual leather caseneatly and effectively in place, so as to give the umbrella as nearly aspossible the appearance of a cane.

This specification is the disclosure of one form of the invention, whilethe claim defines the actual scope thereof.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar characters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the views.

Figure l is a view of an umbrella to which my invention is applied. Fig.2 is a detail view showing the handle of the umbrella at its juncturewith the mount. Fig. 3 is a detail section of the upper end of the case.Fig. 4. is a sectional elevation showing the manner of joining the upperend of the case to the handle. Fig. 5 is a detail view of theconnecting-thimble for joining the case to handle. Fig. 6 is a detailView of the threaded collar which is attached to the handle. Fig. 7 is adetail view of the threaded collar which is attached to the case, andFig. 8 is a detail view of the ring or annulus which is located insideof the case at its upper end and fastened to the threaded collar whichis shown in Fig. 7.

a representsthe handle of an umbrella, to which the staff, rod, or shankis attached, as usual, by means of the mount a.

c represents a threaded metallic collar which is fastened to the handlea directly adjacent to the upper extremity of the mount a. (See Fig. 2.)This collar` is preferably formed of spun sheet metal; but obviously itcould be constructed in any other manner without departing from thespirit of my invention.

d represents the case, which is preferably and usually of leather, butwhich of course may be of any other flexible material. The

case has a ferrule fastened to its lower end in any suitable manner.Inside of the upper end of the case CZ a metallic annnlus f is placed,and outside of the upper end of the case d a metallic anuulus or collare is located. These parts e and f are riveted together, as shown best inFig. 3, so as to hold the case between them. The collar e is formed witha screw-thread thereon in the same manner as the collar o, exceptingthat the collar e is of greater diameter than the collar c, as isillustrated in Fig. 4. Arranged on the handle CL is a metallic collarcomprising two diameters g and g', the smaller diameter g matching withthe collar c, so as to screw thereon, and the larger diameter g matchingwith the collar e for the same purpose.

In order to secure the case d in place, it should be drawn up in theposition shown in Figs. l and 4, and the collar g g' should be moveddown, so that the part g will screw on the collar e and the part g willscrew on the collar c. This will draw the case up into place and hold itthere. The duplex diameter of the collar g g' prevents it from movingdown below the handle a not only when the case d is i-n place, but whenthe case is removed, and this collar g g when the case is removed isadapted to lie loosely around the handle a and may be permitted to reston the collar c. The collar g g may, however, be removed, if desired, byunscrewing it from the collar c. The collar cis fastened permanently tothe handle, and of course the parts e andfare removable with the caseCZ. By these means I am enabled to transform the umbrella into aninstrument which resembles a cane in every way.'

By arranging the collar c directly adjacent to the upper extremityof themount the case d is held to cover all of the umbrella including themount of the handle, thus giving the umbrella a uniform appearance andmaking it almost an exact representation of a cane.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent-'- The combination with an umbrella, of a threadedcollar fastened to the handle di' rectly adjacent to the upper extremityof the mount, a casing formed of flexible material arranged to titsnugly over the umbrella and IOO to extend upward to said threadedcollar, the ease being formed of a continuous unbroken length ofmaterial, a threaded collar fastened to the upper end 0f the ease andadapted to lie directly adjacent to the threaded collar on the handle,and a thimble for joining the two threaded collars together, saidthiinble having two portions of different diameters, each of saidportions being threaded and designed respectively tohengage VtheVbeforeleV mentioned threaded collars. Y Y In testimony whereof I havesigned my name to this specification in the presence oftwo subscribingWitnesses. Y

GRACE A. GEIGER. Vitnesses:

BLANCHE H. LEAYCRAFT, GEORGE BRAND.

